NAF National Arbitration Forum

Since 2003, California law requires providers of consumer-related arbitration to disclose activities. The section of the California Code of Civil Procedure is 1281.96.

This list ranks the TOP 50 so-called 'neutral' arbitrators employed by the National Arbitration Forum. They are listed in order of their 'Hearing Volume'. The record analyzed for the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR Q4 2007 includes hearing rubber-stamped 'Arbitration Award' from October 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007.

Without any more fanfare- here is the list! Source: The National Arbitration Forum 1281.96 filings.

King of the (s)Hill Arbitrator award for Q4 2007 goes to Steven Schneider!

The WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR Q4 2007 FOLLOWS:



Steven Schneider
Robert Briggs
Sally Williams
Jeffery Carlson
Urs Martin Lauchli
Joseph Nardulli
Venetta Tassopulos
James Knotter
Coralie Kupfer
Kendall Reed
Adrienne Jennings
David Makous
Joe Henderson
Ronald Kahn
Jerome Posell
Patrick Huang
Daniel Yamshon
Stephen Blumberg
Robert McMillan
Elizabeth Moreno
Victor Waid
Samuel Jackson
Erwin Shustak
Robert Niemann
Alan Halkett
John Csia
Michael Harrison
Robert Bosso
Anita Shapiro
Thomas Hogan
Jonathan Krotinger
Douglas Noll
David Haberbush
Herbert Katz
R. Schoettler
Guenter Cohn
John (Jay) McCauley
Howard Garfield
L. Boden
Mark Topper
George Lasezkay
Michael Breslauer
Sheldon Michaels
Steven Sauer
Sandra Shapiro
Douglas Haydel
Javed Ellahie
Robert Field
Richard Wharton
Bradley Webb

Widely reported, the City of San Francisco's City Attorney's office has filed suit against the NAF for unfair and unlawful business practices.

CLICK HERE FOR LEGAL SUIT IN PDF FORMAT

The response by the National Arbitration Forum is nothing short of astounding. Actions speak louder than words, and the NAF responded to the suit by finally filing their 1281.96 reports from Q2, Q3 and Q4 of 2007.

Followers of this sham tale will recall that after Public Citizen released their 75-odd page report alleging much of the same as the suit filed by San Francisco, the NAF stopped filing 1281.96 reports. This is a pattern of behavior; they did much the same after the Corbett Bill was initially passed. (they refused to file until suit was filed....looks pretty familiar....)

King of the (S)Hill National Arbitration Forum Arbitrator for Q3 2007


Since 2003, California law requires providers of consumer-related arbitration to disclose activities. The section of the California Code of Civil Procedure is 1281.96.

This list ranks the TOP 50 so-called 'neutral' arbitrators employed by the National Arbitration Forum. They are listed in order of their 'Hearing Volume'. The record analyzed for the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR Q3 2007 includes hearings rubber-stamped 'Arbitration Award' from July 1, 2007 to September 31, 2007.

Without any more fanfare- here is the list! Source: The National Arbitration Forum 1281.96 filings.

King of the (s)Hill Arbitrator award for Q3 2007 goes to Venetta Tassopulos

The WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR Q3 2007 FOLLOWS:



Venetta Tassopulos
Joseph Nardulli
Sally Williams
Joe Henderson
Robert Briggs
Adrienne Jennings
Ronald Kahn
Anita Shapiro
Coralie Kupfer
Victor Waid
Jeffery Carlson
Urs Martin Lauchli
Stephen Blumberg
David Makous
Steven Schneider
Robert McMillan
Patrick Huang
Kendall Reed
Stephen Biersmith
James Knotter
Jeff Ferentz
Jonathan Krotinger
Guenter Cohn
Thomas Klitgaard
W. Wailes
R. Schoettler
Morton Orenstein
Kenneth Yaeger
Daniel Yamshon
Gerald Vinnard
Thomas Hogan
Ronald Greenberg
John Rosenberg
Howard Gould
Jack Freedman
Fred Butler
John (Jay) McCauley
Robert Niemann
Paul DeCicco
Elizabeth Moreno
Michael Harrison
Sandra Shapiro
Steven Sauer
Mark Topper
Erwin Shustak
Valerie Higgins
Yolanda Jackson
Maurice Attie
Michael Breslauer
Richard Burstein

King of the (S)Hill National Arbitration Forum Arbitrator for Q2 2007


Since 2003, California law requires providers of consumer-related arbitration to disclose activities. The section of the California Code of Civil Procedure is 1281.96.

This list ranks the TOP 50 so-called 'neutral' arbitrators employed by the National Arbitration Forum. They are listed in order of their 'Hearing Volume'. The record analyzed for the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 LIST FOR Q2 2007 includes hearings rubber-stamped 'Arbitration Award' from April 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007.

Without any more fanfare- here is the list! Source: The National Arbitration Forum 1281.96 filings.

King of the (S)Hill Arbitrator for Q2 2007 goes to Joseph Nardulli! Rounding out the WRONGFUL ARBITRATION TOP 50 for Q2 2007:


Joseph Nardulli
Sally Williams
Urs Martin Lauchli
Anita Shapiro
James Knotter
Victor Waid
Ronald Kahn
Jeff Ferentz
Jeffery Carlson
Robert Briggs
Adrienne Jennings
Coralie Kupfer
Venetta Tassopulos
Robert McMillan
Kendall Reed
Joe Henderson
Steven Schneider
Sheldon Michaels
Daniel Yamshon
Jonathan Krotinger
Stephen Biersmith
Patrick Huang
Herbert Katz
Alan Halkett
Richard Reinjohn
Arthur Berggren
David Haberbush
George Lasezkay
Mitchell Lathrop
Robert Bosso
Morton Orenstein
Mark Topper
Stephanie Bolden
Fred Butler
David Makous
W. Wailes
L. Boden
Yolanda Jackson
Steven Sauer
John Rosenberg
Thomas Hogan
Arnold Wuhrman
John Csia
Douglas Noll
Howard Garfield
Robert Field
Gerald Lewis
Jerome Posell
John (Jay) McCauley
Charles Cummins

It's very difficult to pierce the National Arbitration Forum's veil of secrecy. It does not come up in a search of publicly-held or traded entities, nor does it come off as a non-profit organization. This leads to only one conclusion: the National Arbitration Forum is a for-profit privately held entity.

The National Arbitration Forum claims to handle "over 50,000" cases per year. Who else handles this many cases per year?

Public Defenders Office - Palm Beach County handles this many cases per year
San Bernadino's Public Defender office also handles this many per year.. (in the case of San Bernadino County, the public defenders office handles 75% OR MORE of the total criminal cases in the county!)
Each of the 12 regional Circuit Courts handles 45-50,000 cases per year.
The US Tax Court handles approximately 45,000 cases per year.

Is the National Arbitration Forum a privatization of the legal system? or more dangerously, is justice 'For Sale' at the National Arbitration Forum? Coming soon - an analysis of the numbers of cases in California - handled by the National Arbitration Forum. Who decided, who won, and who lost.

Then you can decide for yourself if justice is for sale at the National Arbitration Forum.